Part 2 Cloze (1*20 points)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in this passage, and for each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage.
As my train was delayed for two hours, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some newspapers to read on the journey, I made my way to the ___41___ office to collect my heavy suitcase I had ___42___ there three days before. There were only a few people ___43___, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt didn’t seem to be where I had left it. I ___44___ the contents, and railway tickets, money scraps of paper and photos fell out of it; but no matter how ___45___ I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.
When my turn came, I ___46___ the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me ___47___ as if to say that he had ___48___ this kind of story many times and asked me to ___49___ the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking ___50___ no different from the many cases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me ___51___ and told me to ___52___ of the chief contents of the case. If they were __53___, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to ___54___ all the articles I had ___55___ packed into the case and wrote them down as they came to me.
After I had done this, I went to ___56___ among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there. For one dreadful moment, it ___57___ to me that if someone had ___58___ the receipt up he could have easily claimed (认领) the case already. This hadn’t happened __59___, for after a time I found the case lying in a corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was ___60___ and told me I could take the case away.
41. A. posting B. working C. luggage D. manager’s
42. A. left B. forgotten C. found D. bought
43. A. standing B. crowding C. talking D. waiting
44. A. threw B. put C. looked D. emptied
45. A. often B. much C. hard D. soon
46. A. said B. searched C. spoke D. explained
47. A. now and then B. up and down
C. here and there D. back and forth
48. A. knew B. realized C. heard D. seen
49. A. describe B. draw C. take out D. show
50. A. object B. matter C. subject D. wallet
51. A. a paper B. a note C. a message D. a form
52. A. sign names B. make a list
C. write down D. draw a picture
53. A. everything B. wrong C. correct D. ready
54. A. draw B. remember C. read D. remind
55. A. carelessly B. suddenly C. hurriedly D. immediately
56. A. see B. watch C. find D. look
57. A. happened B. occurred C. appeared D. seemed
58. A. picked B. collected C. taken D. stolen
59. A. fortunately B. unluckily C. by chance D. presently
60. A. disappointed B. surprised C. satisfied D. worried